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                                   6810
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  the  legislative  law,  the
   election law and the executive law, in relation to ethics reform
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 74 of the public officers law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  14  of  the  laws  of  2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Violations. In addition to  any  penalty  contained  in  any  other
 provision of law any such officer, member or employee who shall knowing-
 ly  and  intentionally violate any of the provisions of this section may
 be fined, suspended or removed from office or employment in  the  manner
 provided  by  law.  Any  such individual who knowingly and intentionally
 violates the provisions of paragraph b, c, d or i of  subdivision  three
 of  this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to
 exceed [ten] FORTY thousand dollars and the value of any  gift,  compen-
 sation or benefit received as a result of such violation. Any such indi-
 vidual  who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of para-
 graph a, e or g of subdivision three of this section shall be subject to
 a civil penalty in an amount not  to  exceed  the  value  of  any  gift,
 compensation or benefit received as a result of such violation.
   §  2.  The  legislative  law is amended by adding a new section 5-b to
 read as follows:
   § 5-B. TERM LIMITS. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE  MAY  BE  ELECTED  TO
 SERVE  MORE  THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE TWO-YEAR TERMS AS TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
 OF THE SENATE, MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY OR CHAIRPERSON OF ANY SENATE OR ASSEMBLY
 COMMITTEE.
   §  3.  The  election  law is amended by adding a new section 14-115 to
 read as follows:
   § 14-115. RESTRICTIONS  ON  CAMPAIGN  CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR  INDIVIDUALS,
 BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS THAT WERE AWARDED CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OR
 ANY  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION.  1. INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09299-02-7

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 THAT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THIS STATE OR ANY MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION
 SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED FROM MAKING ANY CONTRIBUTION TO ANY STATE OFFICIAL
 ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE OR HIS OR HER FAMILY, ANY POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,
 OR ANY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION 14-100
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE  WITHIN  ONE YEAR OF THE CONTRACT BEING AWARDED TO THE
 PERSON, BUSINESS OR CORPORATION.
   2. INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS THAT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO A
 DULY ISSUED REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WITH THE STATE OR ANY  MUNICIPALITY  IN
 REGARD  TO  A  CONTRACT  SHALL  DISCLOSE  IN  THE  PROPOSAL ANY CAMPAIGN
 CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IN THE PREVIOUS THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DAYS TO  ANY
 STATE  OFFICIAL ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE OR HIS OR HER FAMILY, ANY POLI-
 TICAL COMMITTEE OR ANY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND  IF  THE  INDIVIDUAL,
 BUSINESS  OR  CORPORATION  IS  AWARDED  THE CONTRACT, ANY STATE OFFICIAL
 ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE OR HIS OR HER FAMILY, ANY  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE
 OR  ANY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE THAT RECEIVED ANY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
 FROM SAID INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR  CORPORATION  WITHIN  THE  LAST  THREE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE DAYS SHALL REFUND SUCH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
 RESPECTIVE INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR CORPORATION IN FULL.
   § 4. Paragraphs a, b and c of subdivision 1 of section 14-114  of  the
 election  law,  paragraphs a and b as amended by chapter 659 of the laws
 of 1994, and paragraph c as amended by chapter 79 of the laws  of  1992,
 are amended to read as follows:
   a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the  entire  state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor
 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, and  no
 candidate  or  political  committee may accept any contribution from any
 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than:  (i) in  the
 case of any nomination to public office, the product of the total number
 of  enrolled  voters  in  the  candidate's party in the state, excluding
 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.005, but such amount shall be
 not less than four thousand dollars nor more than [twelve] TEN  thousand
 dollars  as  increased  or  decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment
 described in paragraph c of this subdivision, and (ii) in  the  case  of
 any  election to a public office, [twenty-five] TEN thousand dollars [as
 increased or decreased by the cost of  living  adjustment  described  in
 paragraph  c  of  this  subdivision;  provided however, that the maximum
 amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the  aggregate,  from
 any  candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the
 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case  of  any  nomi-
 nation  to  public  office  an  amount  equivalent to the product of the
 number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, exclud-
 ing voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the  case  of
 any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the product of
 the  number  of registered voters in the state excluding voters in inac-
 tive status, multiplied by $.025].
   b. In any other election for party  position  or  for  election  to  a
 public  office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may
 make a contribution to any  candidate  or  political  committee  and  no
 candidate  or  political  committee may accept any contribution from any
 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than: [(i) in  the
 case  of  any  election  for party position, or for nomination to public
 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi-
 date's party in the district in  which  he  is  a  candidate,  excluding
 voters  in  inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the case of
 any election for a public office, the product of  the  total  number  of
 registered  voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status,

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 multiplied by $.05,] TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, however  in  the  case  of  a
 nomination  within  the city of New York for the office of mayor, public
 advocate or comptroller, such amount shall be not less than  four  thou-
 sand dollars nor more than [twelve] TEN thousand dollars as increased or
 decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of
 this subdivision; in the case of an election within the city of New York
 for the office of mayor, public advocate or  comptroller,  [twenty-five]
 TEN  thousand  dollars  as  increased or decreased by the cost of living
 adjustment described in paragraph c of this subdivision; in the case  of
 a  nomination  for  state senator, four thousand dollars as increased or
 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph  c  of
 this  subdivision;  in  the  case  of an election for state senator, six
 thousand two hundred fifty dollars as increased or decreased by the cost
 of living adjustment described in paragraph c of  this  subdivision;  in
 the  case  of  an  election  or nomination for a member of the assembly,
 twenty-five hundred dollars as increased or decreased  by  the  cost  of
 living  adjustment  described in paragraph c of this subdivision; but in
 no event shall any such maximum exceed [fifty] TEN thousand  dollars  or
 be  less  than  one thousand dollars; provided however, that the maximum
 amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the  aggregate,  from
 any  candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the
 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any election
 for party position or nomination for public office an amount  equivalent
 to  [the  number  of  enrolled  voters  in  the candidate's party in the
 district in which he  is  a  candidate,  excluding  voters  in  inactive
 status,  multiplied  by  $.25  and in the case of any election to public
 office, an amount equivalent to the number of registered voters  in  the
 district,  excluding  voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25; or]
 twelve hundred fifty dollars, [whichever is greater,] or in the case  of
 a  nomination  or  election  of  a  state senator, [twenty] TEN thousand
 dollars, [whichever is greater,] or in  the  case  of  a  nomination  or
 election  of  a  member  of  the  assembly  [twelve]  TEN thousand [five
 hundred] dollars, [whichever is greater,] but in no event shall any such
 maximum exceed [one hundred] TEN thousand dollars.
   c. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in [nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five] TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, the  state  board  shall
 determine  the  percentage  of  the  difference  between the most recent
 available monthly consumer price index for all urban consumers published
 by the United States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer  price
 index  published for the same month four years previously. The amount of
 each contribution limit fixed in this subdivision shall be  adjusted  by
 the  amount  of  such  percentage  difference to the closest one hundred
 dollars by the state board which, not later than the first day of Febru-
 ary in each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount of
 each such contribution limit. Each contribution  limit  as  so  adjusted
 shall  be  the contribution limit in effect for any election held before
 the next such adjustment.
   § 5. Subdivision 8 of section 14-114 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the
 laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  A.  Except  as may otherwise be provided [for] BY a candidate [and
 his family] FOR HIS OR HER OWN CAMPAIGN, no NATURAL person may  contrib-
 ute,  loan  or  guarantee  in excess of [one hundred fifty] TEN thousand
 dollars within the state OF NEW YORK IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR in  connection
 with  the  nomination  or  election of [persons to] CANDIDATES FOR state

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 [and] OR local public offices [and] OR party positions [within the state
 of New York in any one calendar year].
   B.  For  the  purposes of this subdivision "loan" or "guarantee" shall
 mean a loan or guarantee which is not repaid or discharged in the calen-
 dar year in which it is made.
   § 6. Subdivision 10 of section 14-114 of the election law, as added by
 chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   10. a. No contributor may make a contribution to a  party  or  consti-
 tuted committee and no such committee may accept a contribution from any
 contributor  which,  in  the  aggregate, is greater than [sixty-two] TEN
 thousand [five hundred] dollars per annum.
   b. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in [nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five] TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, the  state  board  shall
 determine  the  percentage  of  the  difference  between the most recent
 available monthly consumer price index for all urban consumers published
 by the United States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer  price
 index  published for the same month four years previously. The amount of
 such contribution limit fixed in paragraph a of this  subdivision  shall
 be  adjusted  by the amount of such percentage difference to the closest
 one hundred dollars by the state board which, not later than  the  first
 day  of  February in each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing
 the amount of such contribution limit. Such  contribution  limit  as  so
 adjusted shall be the contribution limit in effect for any election held
 before the next such adjustment.
   §  7.  The  legislative law is amended by adding a new section 33-a to
 read as follows:
   § 33-A. DIRECTING OF STATE FUNDS. NO MEMBER OF THE  LEGISLATURE  SHALL
 DIRECT  ANY  STATE FUNDS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR CORPORATION THAT
 HAS, AT ANY TIME DURING THE MEMBER'S CANDIDACY  FOR  OFFICE  OR  ELECTED
 TERM,  MADE ANY CONTRIBUTION TO ANY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, STATEWIDE
 ELECTED OFFICIAL, POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMIT-
 TEE AS DEFINED BY SECTION 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   § 8. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 204 to  read
 as follows:
   §  204.  STATEWIDE  DATABASE OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE STATE. 1.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A  SINGLE  STATEWIDE  DATABASE  OF  ALL
 CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE STATE OR ENTITY THEREOF AND SHALL INCLUDE THER-
 EIN  INFORMATION OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE STATE OR ENTITY THEREOF
 AND SHALL INCLUDE THEREIN INFORMATION RELATED TO ALL BIDS  SUBMITTED  IN
 RESPONSE TO ANY SOLICITATIONS FOR SUCH AWARDS.
   2. EVERY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION, AGENCY, AUTHORITY, BOARD OR
 ANY  OTHER  ENTITY  OF  THE STATE SHALL SUBMIT ALL AWARDED CONTRACTS AND
 BIDS RELATED TO SUCH CONTRACTS TO THE COMMISSIONER ON A SCHEDULE AND  IN
 A FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   3.  SUCH  DATABASE  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW IN A
 SEARCHABLE, DOWNLOADABLE FORMAT. SUCH DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) DESCRIPTIONS OF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND CONTRACTS;
   (B) ALL BIDS FOR STATE CONTRACTS; AND
   (C) CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECES-
 SARY  FOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF SUCH DATABASE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION AND ENSURE THE PRIVACY OF ANY CONFIDENTIAL  OR  PROPRIETARY
 INFORMATION THAT MAY BE CONTAINED WITHIN A BID OR CONTRACT.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.